Justin Broton claims his first Ranking title of the Season!

Last Friday saw 34 players register to contest the Dave Obee Classic, the 5thof 7 Ranking Tournaments in the GDA Calendar. This seeded tournament is named after the late Dave Obee who along with the late Carmelo Ellul formed the GDA back in 1958

Board 1No 1 Seed Dyson Parody cruised through his board winning all 3 matches without losing a leg, while No 8 seed Craig Galliano had a tough initial match Vs Sean Negrette which he managed to win 3-2 but ultimately Dyson proved too strong for him.

Board 2Board 2 was not a lucky board for seeded players with No 2 Seed David Francis stumbling at the first hurdle losing to an very on form Jarvis Bauitista who went on to win the Board, while No 7 Seed George Federico narrowly lost 3-2 to Steve March in a high scoring match.

Board 3Seed No 3 Dylan Duo got the better of Roy Asquez 3-2 in a keenly contested match, while No 6 Seed Justin Broton recovered from being 2-0 down in the first match to setting himself up for a Board final Vs Dylan. This was a close & tense match with some good scoring with Justin emerging victorious 4-2.

Board 4No 4 Seed Tony Dawkins progressed though his early matches without much difficulty to find himself facing No 5 Seed Antony Lopez who had won both his previous matches 3-0. This Board Final was a very close affair which could have gone either way, and Antony clinched it 4-3 to book a place in the Semis.

Semi Finals Highlights

Dyson Parody Vs Antony Lopez

A very close match with some high scoring / good finishing. Antony missed match darts but Dyson was able to keep his cool / secure the win 5-4

Jarvis Bautista vs Justin Broton

Another close match with both players on form, scoring and finishing well. Justin was able to push ahead and claim victory with a 5-3 scoreline.

4th Leg – After pushing ahead initially number of missed doubles from Justin allowed Dyson to close-up. Justin was able to hit Double 2 leaving Dyson sitting on 40. 2-2

5th Leg – Both players kept pace with each other with Dyson checking out Double 10 leaving Justin close behind on 50. 3-2

6th Leg – Again a close leg with Justin clinching Double 16 after 2 missed doubles with Dyson sitting on 32. 3-3

7th Leg – This leg seemed like Justin might be able to take a lead having just 68 left with Dyson trailing on 130. Dyson had other plans and produced 3 perfect darts T20 T20 D5 to check it out and move ahead once again. 4-3

8th Leg – This leg took much longer with both players showing their nerves and missing many darts at double with eventually Justin hitting Double 4. 4-4

9th Leg – Justin was eventually able to break throw for the 1st time in the match after Dyson missed a couple of match Doubles with Justin hitting Double 4 after earlier missing Bull for the win. 4-5

10th Leg – Justin was able to pull well ahead on this leg with some good scoring, hitting Double 20 on the first attempt with Dyson trailing on 192. 4-6

A well deserved win for Justin who claimed his first Ranking victory of the Season.